Combination comb and brush



G. L. BRICKER.

COMBINATION COMB AND BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, l9l6.

'1 328, 1 20, Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Swan/Mo e im LEW/[a5 fix 3% I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GRACE L. BRICKER, 0F ANDERSON, INDIANA.

COMBINATION COMB AND BRUSH.

Application filed June 30, 1916.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GRACE L. BRICKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at- Anderson, in the county of Madison, State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Combination Comb and Brush; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful combination comb and brush,and an object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind thatappeals very strongly to business women and housewives, who can scarcelytake the time, and are sometimes too tired to comb and brush. theirhair, whereas with this particular construction of device substantiallytwo minutes of combing and brushing is sufficient.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device comprisingsimple, efficient and practical features of construction.

()ne of the features of construction is to provide a. wood bodysubstantially triangular in cross section, the two beveled faces ofwhich are provided with brush bristles, there being an elongated recessextending longitudinally of the body or wood portion of the brush, wherethe beveled faces adjoin, for the reception of a comb, which may beeasily removed, but while the comb is in said recess a person, male orfemale, may comb and brush the hair at the same time. In other words.the comb passes through the hair angularly which holds one or the otherof the brushes on the surface of the hair, readily smoothing the hairsubsequently to combing it.

Another object of the invention is to construct the recess tapering, soas to prevent downward movement of the comb, the body of which iscorrespondingly tapered, to fit the recess. It is to be seen that thecomb is readily removable, in order that when the teeth of one combbecome broken, another comb may be inserted.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

Serial No. 106,851.

improved combination comb and brush constructed in accordance with theinvention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line 22 of Fig. l. leferring moreespecially to the drawmgs,

l designates the wood portion or body of the brush having the handle 2,which body and the handle are constructed in two sections 3 and i, whichsections are secured together by the pins 5, (3, 7 and 8. It will beseen that the pin 5 secures the two seetious of the handle together,while the pins 6 and 8 secure the ends of the body of the wood portionof the brush together, whereas the pin 7, .which is partly arched,secures the central portions of the two sections of the body of thebrush together. The opposite ends of the pins 5 to S inclusive areriveted, as shown at 9, to prevent displacement of the sections; inother words, to insure a solid and firm construction. Thetwo sections ofthe body, in cross section, are of such a shape that when securedtogether, as shown and described, a body is formed substantiallytriangular or three-cornered in cross section. Projecting from the faces10 of this body, which faces are angular to each other, are the usualbrush bristles 11, which are angular to the comb 12. Portions of thefaces 13 of the two sections are cut away or recessed, as shown at 14,so that when the sections are secured together, as shown, ataperingrecess 15 is constructed, for the reception of the body portion 16 ofthe comb 12, the teeth 17 of which project beyond the wood portion andthe bristles The invention having been fully set forth,-

what is claimed as new and useful is In a device of the characterdescribed, a back SUbStfiIltlflLV triangular in cross section and havinga handle, said back and handle being formed from two triangularly shapedsections, said sections having one of their surfaces adjacent their apexedge rabbeted,

the rabbets adapted to register with each other when the sections arebrought together, thereby forming a recess for the creception of a comb,one face of each section being at an acute angle to the comb andprovided with bristles, rivets extending transversely through thesections from the acute faces thereof and at right angles to the comb,and a pin passing through the sections and being centrally arched sothat the end portions extend at right angles to the bristle carryingfaces of the sections at a point below the ends of the transversely 15GRACE L. BRIOKERJ Witnesses:

ALLEN A. DRIVER, THOMAS C. BRICKER.

